"WWE Battleground" emanates from St. Louis, Missouri, where Randy Orton will definitely get his hometown cheers, but the show is not about him as two matches will overshadow him.
"WWE SmackDown" landed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for its latest tapings, and while Brock Lesnar does not appear, his advocate Paul Heyman was on the show.
Tonight's "WWE Monday Night Raw" comes a week after Brock Lesnar made his annual summer-time return to challenge for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Jerry "The King" Lawler has referred to Canada as "Bizarro World," and but it be home to tonight's "Monday Night Raw." It is the first "Raw" since WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins found out he will defend the title against Randy Orton and Roman Reigns at "WWE Payback."
The WWE continued its tour in the United Kingdom with "SmackDown" in London's O2 Arena. The night featured interruptions by multiple fans, but it will unlikely make it on air.
"The showcase of the immortals" has arrived for its 31st year, and the WWE's "WrestleMania" card is proving to be a show-stealer. Even the "Kickoff" show is proving to have its own substantive card. From Levis Stadium, "WrestleMania 31" is essentially a showcase of NXT alumni as most of the card features at least one WWE Superstar who entered NXT, the developmental training grounds created by Triple H.
Also, The Ascension makes their main roster debut, The Usos attempt to hunt down the WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and his stunt-double Damien Sandow, Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose look to settle their unfinished business and WWE Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler looks to end 2014 in a huge way.
Also, Hulk Hogan returns to the WWE as the guest "Smackdown" general manager and scheduled WWE United States Champion Rusev to defend his championship against Dean Ambrose, Ryback faces Kane, Naomi versus Alicia Fox, Adam Rose in a rematch against R-Truth and The Miz takes on Jimmy Uso in singles competition.
Hulk Hogan hosts "Monday Night Raw" this week as Roman Reigns makes his return after a long layoff, Ryback looks for revenge against WWE United States Champion Rusev and Lana for their sneak attack, and Bray Wyatt continues his brutal war against Dean Ambrose.
Also, The Usos battle the tag team of Goldust and Stardust, Naomi, Emma and Natalya face off against Paige, Brie Bella and WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella in a "Santa's Little Helper's Six-Woman Tag Team" match, United States Champion Rusev confronts Jack Swagger, and Dean Ambrose goes up against Bray Wyatt in "No-Disqualification Boot Camp" match.
Also, Chris Jericho returns to the WWE to host "Monday Night Raw," Nikki Bella plays dirty to defeat AJ Lee to retain her the WWE Divas Championship and Bray Wyatt goes to great extremes to defeat Dean Ambrose at "TLC."
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar is absent once again as the annual "Tables, Ladders and Chairs" is set to take place in Cleveland, Ohio. While Lesnar is out of the picture, the event card is stacked with plenty of stipulations set to capture the WWE Universe's attention span since weapons will be featured in most matches.
Also, Erick Rowan looks to take out the Big Show with their "Stairs" match around the corner, The Miz tries to get into Jimmy Usos' head with the WWE Tag Team titles on the line on Sunday, and Bray Wyatt looks to inflict more punishment on Dean Ambrose after injuring him on "Friday Night SmackDown."
